In the end, where I live isn’t going to be up to me. I’m not letting them get away. If Abby insists on living in some godforsaken place like London, I’ll follow. Mel couldn’t help it, she burst out la...
It was a long time before Mike was able to sleep, even though he hadn’t slept much the previous two nights. He kept wishing Jack and Mel had stayed away a little longer. He’d lain beside her for two w...
It was so wonderful for Paul to be with you when this one was born. He talks about it. She laughed. Does he tell you about how hard he tried to get out of it? she asked just as Paul came back onto the...
It was very hard for him to admit it to himself, but having her around had brought him a strange comfort, and he had no idea why. Looking out for her made him feel better somehow. Making sure she was...
It's very simple -- I got smacked up the side of the head and all your bullshit fell out and some sense seeped in.
I’m a helpless, recovering introvert
I’m a little embarrassed it took some city-boy preacher to get a project like this going in our own town, Jack said. We should’ve been on this. We start for Christmas right away. And then we get going...
I’m not interested in one night. I want it all. If that’s too much for you, tell me right now. If it’s going to scare you off, I want to know. All? I want to go to bed with you, and wake up with you....
Jack’s. He’d only been there a minute, waiting for someone to come from the back to serve him, when Mel struggled into the bar, baby against her chest, toddler in hand, diaper bag slung over her shoul...
Know how to make a small fortune? Sully asked Frank. Take a large fortune and put it into educating a neurosurgeon who decides to quit and sell picnic supplies.
Life was precious and not to be taken for granted,
Noah smiled at her, then his smile froze. He looked her slowly up and down. And again. What? she demanded hotly, hands on her hips. Nothing, he said, turning away. No. What? What’s the matter? He turn...
Oh, hell no, you’re not going anywhere, Jack said. My sister’s having a baby, her first, and this is the cheering section. Wait a minute here, he said. I’m not real big on babies. We’ve been over this...
Paul did his job—brow mopping, hand-holding, encouraging, supporting. It went on for almost an hour and he watched as Vanni got more and more tired and Mel stayed busy getting ready to catch that baby...
So—you made it. Jack, you are my hero. It was such a challenge to just be there, I don’t know how you delivered David. Honest to God, I don’t. I had directions, he said, lifting his glass. I’m not doi...
That doesn’t surprise me, Paul. She take you up on it? Nah. Like I said, she’s a decent person. I’m sorry she’s going through this. Glad Vanni isn’t going to have to put up with it, but sorry— But Jac...
The one thing she had learned was that to be tolerated and endured was less dignified than being hated. And it was infinitely more painful.
They shared a hotel room while in Los Angeles—two queens. Preacher in one bed, Paige and her son in the other. Lying in the same room with her was both blissful and painful. He would hear every soft n...
Wow. And it’s true? She’s a stripper? Noah stopped walking and looked at Paul. No. She’s a pastor’s assistant. Right, Paul said, losing that boyish grin the second he saw the angry tic in Noah’s jaw....
You don't need a lot of money to live a full life--all you need is a fertile mind, some books and a good attitude. Books are free at the library, but a fertile mind takes practice.
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